Improvement in extension hat-racks



fitnited tatet NATHAN HAYDEN. vOF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. A108,590, dated October 25, 1870; antedated October 1,1, 1870.

IMPRQIEMENT IN EXTENSION HAT-RACKS.

i The Schedule referred .to Yin these Letters Patent and making part of th same To all whom e'tonay concern:l A

Be it known that I, NATHAN Haynes", ofGhieago, in the county ot' Cook, in the State of Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Extension Hat-Racks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, 'reference being'had tov y the accompanying drawing -and to the letters of reiference marked thereon, makingaI part of this specifi'- cation, in which- A Figure l a front elevation of a hat-rackwith my improvement attached.

Figure 2, a .side elevation of the same. Figure 3, a front elevation of the hat-rack, folded up for packing and moving.

Figure 4, a perspective representation of the back of the looking-glass frame, which supports the hatrack when extended.

The natu-re of the present invention consists in combining a looking-glass frame with an extension hat-rack, the hack ot' which frame is so constructed as to fasten to and form a supportfor the hat-rack when it is extended out for use, as the whole ishereinafter fully described. l v

The hat-rack is made of slats, A B, the slats being pivoted together at E F', iigs. 1, 2, and 3, by means of pins F, which serve n. double purpose, namely, forming a hinge for the slats, and pegs to receive the clothes to be hung on the rack.-

An ordinary catch-basin, E, is attached to the bottom of the rack, for the purpose of catching water that may drop from the clothes, and supporting umbrella-s, Sec.

The looking-glass is provided with a looking-glass, D, and frame C, figs. l and 4, which, besides being used as a looking-glass, is used to support the rack when it is extended, as shown at fig.

Buttons, G, are pivotcd to the back of the frame C, which hold the glass to the rack.

Cleats, H, are also fastened t'o the hack ofthe frame C, andform a bearing for the slats A B to bear against, 'thereby holding the rack upright when extended.

Instead of the slats, the back of the frame U may be raised up, leaving a rabbet, which is practically the same as that forinedby the cleats. f

By nreansiof this construction and arrangement a very neat and 'convenient raclc is provided, which,

when not in use, vmay be folded up, and occupy a very small space, as shown at iig. 3.

'lo keep the rack' in an upright position, a pin or nail is driven intovt'hewall and the top of the rack hung on it.

Having thus described my invention, i

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination of the glass -frame C, arranged with cleats H H, or their equivalent, with an extension hat-rack. A B, as and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses: NATHAN HAYDEN.

G. L. GHALIN, E. E. Glnsox. 

